By Julie Vrazel Even the best laid plans can go horribly wrong. Nine months ago, my farmer fiancé and I bred our first-calf heifers to calving-ease bulls, which means we expected all of the calves to have low birth weights. But that wasn't the case Sunday afternoon as one of our heifers went into labor. [...]
By Kelly Bogard I wouldn’t touch a salad when I was a kid. I thought it was yucky. No amount of ranch dressing or cheese would make me want to eat it. Nowadays, I can’t seem to get enough of it. Maybe my body is trying to play catch-up to years of neglect. Or maybe [...]
By Jessica Domel Knowing that I often blog about food and food-related issues here, a friend of mine asked me a few months ago to sit down with her and my dad and watch a documentary on the food industry and American farmers and ranchers. My dad got about halfway through the film before walking [...]
By Kelly Bogard There’s just something about a Grilled Cheese Sandwich. It is amazing that something so simple can be so good. Warm melted cheese sandwiched between two buttery slices of crusty brown bread. Just the thought of it makes me feel all warm and snuggly inside. This month is National Grilled Cheese month. I [...]
By Jessica Domel Technology is a part of who we are as Americans. We use it to connect with family, friends and people we haven’t seen in years. Many of us also use it professionally to promote ourselves, our businesses and our industries. But when it comes to agriculture, many believe that “technology” and “change” [...]
